GRE Word List
ELLIPTICAL
of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse
The meaning of the word elliptical is of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |